NS Port Road Branch (Tribute)

NS Port Road Branch (Tribute)

NS Port Road Branch extends from Perryville, Maryland to Enola, Pennsylvania. Despite the "branch" title, this line is Norfolk Southern's main line for traffic headed to Baltimore, MD and Delaware. The reason for the nocturnal nature of the line is very apparent when you see the southern end of the line, at Perryville, MD. Here the branch connects with the busy Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Obviously the Amtrak dispatchers favor the quick passenger trains, and only run the freights when the action dies down (which pretty much only happens at night). Also, there is a daytime speed restriction for freights on the NEC, which is lifted after 10pm. The best way to railfan this line is to stay up all night! The first eastbound leaves Enola around 7pm and the last westbound leaves Perryville around 5 or 6 am.

Add: Also, NS trains keeps heads travel to East and North so they using on Amtrak NEC during in early morning or mid morning; and which they would will come to enter to Davis in Newark take to enter into NS Delmarva Secondary Branch and, take more keep heads to north to Downtown Wilmington in Delaware.

Thanks to Richie (CSXRP) for heads up and quick info me about I forget add one about that, lol!

(What kind of NS symbols) runs on NS Port Road Branch..

NS 12G
NS 13G
NS 23W
NS 24M
NS 33A
NS 34A
NS 34Z
NS 35Z
NS 36A
NS 37A
NS 400
NS 401
NS 406
NS 407
NS 42M
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Tags:

• Norfolk Southern
• NS
• NS Port Road Branch
• CW40-9
• CW40-8
• SD70M-2
• SD70M
• Perryville
• Maryland
• Enola
• PA

[NorfolkWestern34]

isnt this whooole line nocturnel??

[FlyBikes089]

What you mean????

[NorfolkWestern34]

Like ONLY at night?

[FlyBikes089]

Oh okay I understand what you mean..so there most runs on night. Between 10:00pm to 10:00am or 11:00am because of Amtrak Restricts around in morning to night that's why they runs on night to morning that's it...if you want know about those schedules so I will give you the link if you interests...

[NorfolkWestern34]

but doesnt NS own the line? I think its stupid that amtrak controls it, they should run trains out of enola and have them wait for entrance onto the NEC

[FlyBikes089]

NS Port Road Branch? Yeah that NS own the line does that...Yeah that right that where they trains out from Enola to Perryville. Yeah that right they should wait for plan to entrance onto the NEC as which if NS train allows to another NS train pass them from Baltimore or Delaware if clear then they plan onto the NEC head to Baltimore or Delaware

[FlyBikes089]

Yeah, that's right cause Amtrak restricts lol..I surprised that you films NS and CSX in Perryville area its was so awesome!

[mikeyRavens52]

thats cause amtrak restricts them to running after 10pm on fri, sat, and sun. its my fav spot to railfan, check out my vids

[FlyBikes089]

Eh, most sometime NS trains sits at Perryville around in early morning or morning because sometime there NS sits wait for let to NS pass from Baltimore (northbound and westbound)

[FlyBikes089]

Yeah, of course there mixing with CR and NS do thing. And, hope you can go up to Enola.